Garter



M. LEDERMAN GARTYER April 1, 1930.

Filed Au 23, 1928 INVENTOR fl llederfl i ATTORN EY Patented Apr. 1, 1930 UNITED STATES MAX LEDERMAN, OF NEW.YORK,:'N. Y.

GARTER Application filed August 23, I928. Serial No. 301,597.

This invention relates to garters, and has for an object to provide an improved construction wherein an ample support is provided for a hose without causing an undesirable pinching of the leg.

Another objectof the inventlon is to provide a hose supporter, wherein a plurality of clamps or supporting members are connected with the hose in order to provide supports at distant points.

A further object is to provide in a garter, a hose supporting band with connecting means for connect-ing the same with a hose, and upwardly-extending elastic members disengageably connected with the shirt, whereby the garter will act to support hose and hold the shirt of the wearer against rising.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure l is a perspective View of a garter made according to the present invention, the same being illustrated on a figure;

Figure 2 is an enlarged perspective vlew of the garter shown in Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a perspective view showing a pair of garters in position with portions engaging the lower part of the shirt and portions engaging stockings, whereby the stock ings are supported and the shirt is held against rising;

Figure4 is an enlarged plan view of one of the shirt-holding members.

Figure 5 is an edge view of the structure shown in Figure 2 but with one of the shirtholding members applied thereto.

35 Referring to the accompanying drawing,

by numerals, 1 indicates a substantially rectangular body of cloth having concave sides and 2 an encircling strap. The bodyl may be made from fabric of any desired kind and the encircling strap 2 is preferably elastic with one end stitched or otherwise rigidly secured to body 1 at point 3. The free end of strap 2 is provided with a well-known form of fastening loop 4 having a restricted por- 43 tion 5 adapted to receive the stud 6 of the fastener 7. The fastener 7 is metal and is stitched or otherwise rigidly secured to body 1. Depending hose engaging members 8 and 9 are stitched or otherwise rigidly secured to the :2 lower edge of body 1, said hose-engaging members-being of adesired structure, preferably an ordinary loop 10 and stud 11, as now found on the open market. These members are caught into or interlocked with the hose, as shown in Figures 1 and 3, so that when strap 2 is arranged as shown in Figure 1, the body 1 will provide a proper support for the hose. In many cases it is desired to not only support the hose properly, but to hold the shirt of a person from rising, particularly when wearing a belt. In order to secure this result, a shirt-retaining strap 12 is connected with the stud 6 and also with the stud 13. Each strap is provided with a 100 14 having a reduced portion 15 adapted to t over the stud on body 1. The strap is looped through the loop 14 and is held in adjusted position by suitable buckle 16, whereby the effective length of strap 12 may be varied.

The shirt-engaging structure 17 is connected to the opposite end of strap 12 to loop 14, said shirt-engaging member being similar to members 9 and 10. This member is provided with the usual stud 18 and loop 19, which interlock with the shirt in a similar manner to the way members 9 and 10 interlock or pinch the hose. By forming the body 1 of appreciable length members 9 and 10 are on opposite sides of the leg, and thereby provide a more even support than where only one supporting member is used. Also, this arrangement permits the straps to be connected to studs 6 and 13 on opposite sides of the leg, so that a proper distributed supporting group of straps may be provided for the shirt. By reason of the fact that the straps 12 may be readily disengaged by studs 6 and 13, the lower part of the garter, namely, body 1, members 2, 9 and 10, may be used as hose supporter only. Also by providing the body 1 of appreciable width, as well as length, easy contact is made with the leg, so that none of the parts have a tendency to pinch. As the straps 12 are elastic they will readily give as a person using the device bends, but 5 when released the shirt will be gradually pulled back to its original position.

What I claim is A garter, including a substantially rectangular body of cloth having concave sides, a

stud connected with said body near each of two of the corners of the body, hose supporting members connected to the opposite corners of the body, an encircling band connected to one corner of the body and disengageably connected to the stud at the opposite corner, and a shirt-holding member connected to each of said studs, extending in an opposite direce tion to the hose supporting members, each of said shirt-holding members having means for gripping part of the shirt, for preventing the shirt from moving upward.

Signed at New York in the county of New York and State of New York this 22nd day of August A. D. 1928;

MAX LEDERMAN. 

